Henry chandler fuller



(No Model.)

H. C. FULLER. WEATHER STRIP. No. 500,759. Patented July 4, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. HENRY CHANDLER FULLER, OF BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO THOMAS A. WVATSON, OF SAME PLACE.

WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 500,759, dated July 4,1893.

Application filed October 1'7, 1891. Serial No. 409.086. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY CHANDLER FUL- LEE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bentonville, in the county of Benton and State ofArkansas, have invented a new and useful WVeather-Strip, to be used indoors, windows and shutters for the purpose of preventing water, air, ordust from passing under the door, window, or shutter,of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in Weather strips and consists incertain novel features of construction, combination and arrangementwhich willappear in the following description and will be particularlypointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure I is a front view of a door provided with myimproved strip. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View of the same. Fig. 3is a detail view of the strip, and Fig. 4 is a view of the guide plate.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive andeffective device for attachment to doors, windows, &c., whereby snow,rain, wind, dust, &c., may be excluded.

A further object of my invention is to provide means whereby the stripis held out of the way and concealed except when the door or window isclosed.

Further objects and advantages of my invention will appear hereinafterin the description.

A represents the door, B the sill, O the side jambs, and D the strip.The strip comprises two leaves hinged together at their edges, the upperor stationary leaf E being firmly secured to the lower edge of the door,and the folding leaf F being arranged to drop to an inclined position asshown in Fig. 2 or fold up close to the stationary leaf. The lower edgeof the door is provided with a recess G, in which is arranged the leafE, a depending flange II, at the inner edge of the stationary leaf,depending below the latter a sufficient distance to conceal the swingingleaf when the latter is in its raised or folded position. Upon the sidejamb at the free edge of the dooris arranged a vertical guide-plate I,havinga curved guide-slot J which curves downwardly toward the outsideof the jamb, and the swinging leaf of the strip is provided at thecorresponding end with a projecting pin e which is adapted to engagesaid slot, and by traveling therein as the door is closed, depresses thestrip until its free edge comes in contact with the sill. In a tubularsocket K, set vertically in a corresponding bore in the lower edge ofthe door is a coiled spring L, which is attached at its lower end to theswinging leaf to normally hold the same in its folded or raisedposition, except when depressed by the engagement with the guide slot ofthe lateral pin. Upon the sill is arranged a sill-plate, M, providedwith a channel or groove N having a beveled inner side a and an abruptouter side or shoulder a in proximity to which the free edge of theswinging leaf rests when the door is closed, as shown in Fig. 2. It willbe seen that thestrip is automatically operated in opening and closingthe door, being heldtightly in contact with the shoulder of thesill-plate when the door is closed and being concealed when the door isopen.

Having described my invention, I claim- The combination with a doorframe, a hinged door having its under edge longitudinally recessed inrear of its front edge, anda grooved sill, of a pair of thin metalstrips or leaves hinged together at their rear longitudinal edges andadapted to fold fiat one against the other, the upper leaf serving as asecuring-plate and seated in the bottom of the recess in the lower edgeof the door and provided with an opening, a retracting spring located ina socket in the bottom of the recess of the door and having its lowerend passed through the opening in the upper or securing strip or leafand connected to the lower strip or leaf, a lug extending from one endof the lower strip or leaf, and a plate secured to the side of thedoor-frame and having a slot extending from its inner edge in a curvedline to near its lower edge and adapted to engage said pin 0f the hingedleaf or strip and guide the free or front edge of the same down into thegroove of the sill against the tension of the spring, substantially asspecitied.

HENRY CHANDLER FULLER.

Witnesses:

EDMOND PENN WATSON, JAMES MONROW WAIR.

